Assessing Critical Thinking Outcomes of Dental Hygiene Students Utilizing Virtual Patient Simulation: A Mixed Methods Study

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1082-1092

  Allaire, Joanna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

allied dental education; critical thinking; dental hygiene; patient simulation; teaching method; virtual patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CRITICAL THINKING; DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROBLEM SOLVING; REASONING; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SKILL; TEACHING; TEXAS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL ASSISTANT; EDUCATION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; SELF CONCEPT; SIMULATION TRAINING; STUDENT; THINKING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SIMULATION TRAINING; STUDENTS; THINKING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84945355173     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2015.79.9.tb06002.x     Document Type: Article

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